re: 3-25-2020 COVID-19 Numbers for Louisiana

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3.6% fatality rate.

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100% of those 3.6% were going to die anyways.

Orleans - 827 case(s) | 37 death(s)

Jefferson - 359 case(s) | 7 death(s)

East Baton Rouge - 75 case(s) | 3 death(s)

St. John the Baptist - 27 case(s) | 2 death(s)

St. Tammany - 67 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Ascension - 65 case(s) | 1 death(s)

St. Bernard - 23 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Lafourche - 18 case(s) | 1 death(s)

St. Charles - 17 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Iberville - 14 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Rapides - 14 case(s) | 1 death(s)

St. James - 14 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Calcasieu - 11 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Parish Under Investigation - 11 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Ouachita - 10 case(s) | 1 death(s)

West Baton Rouge - 7 case(s) | 1 death(s)

Webster - 5 case(s) | 1 death(s)

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65/1795= 3.6% fatality rate. Not good, but makes sense since there are a lot of unhealthy Louisianaians

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No, it is 3.6% of those who felt badly enough to seek care, got tested, got a positive result and subsequently died.

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100% of those 3.6% were going to die anyways.

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100% of people have a 100% chance of dying.

Caddo - 93 case(s) | 0 death(s)

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No, it is 3.6% of those who felt badly enough to seek care, got tested, got a positive result and subsequently died.

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My understanding is that a high % of carriers have no symptoms and another high % have minor symptoms. Those people are not getting tested so the 3.6% given the circumstances seems very good.

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much smaller pop size though

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That makes it worse. That means our per capita numbers are through the roof.

AP is picking up steam

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I asked in another thread can we make an assumption all 11451 tested exhibited symptoms and had a doctor's note as a prerequisite to getting tested?

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For the most part, yes. Most people are not being tested unless they think it’s a sure thing.